GVI Phoenix Project

Facts and figures

On an annual basis we aim to provide:
First time education or educational reinforcement to almost 2000 children in primary school
Secondary education to over 200 children and adults
Employment to over 75 local people; more-so indirectly
100 energy saving wood-burning stoves and 15,000 trees planted
Around 100,000 teaching hours
Over 500,000 pieces of fruit
1,000’s of pens, pencils, pencil sharpeners, colouring pencils, work-books and erasers
Over 300,000 whole or subsidized meals
Daily education in 16 communities across Latin America
Direct benefits to over 500 families

CONGRATULATIONS to all the Challengers on our first six Charity Challenges of 2011, biking from Guatemala to Honduras, the inaugural Nicaragua Volcano Challenge, Brazil's Chapada Diamantina Challenge , Guatemala's first Caribbean Kayak Challenge, Perú´s Cerani Pass and Ecuador's Volcano Challenge. Nicaragua's second volcano Challenge is set for 3rd-6th November and the third Guatemala Volcano Challenge dates are set for 27th November -2nd December.

Click on the following for our most recent official project reports for Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Perú and Brazil.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Plan Ancianos in Guatemala

We were kept ocupied over Christmas helping the families prepare for the New Year in both Santa María and Itzapa. Plan Ancianos, available to the older generation of the kids that attend our schools, was first.

As well as the usual sugar, mosh, atol, rice, pastas, beans and soup, we gave out four Pacaya plants - a fruit plant that will provide the older people with vital nutrition once it is ready in four or five years.

As it was Christmas we kicked off the event with a pinatta which the old ladies loved!!! It bought Christmas in with a lot of laughter and fun!